I can't help but to comment on this man... Fantastic work. I agree 100% with scaping outside the tank first. All the money in the world spend on a tank is pointless if the scape is crap!
Honestly it didn't take that long either.. Only down side is you need to buy a lot. I probably have 25 lbs of rubble in a bag.. But man CJ, when I turned my camera on to film the first time I had it in the tank.. I even said to my self WOW... lol
Thanks Wylie, only thing I would have done differently is sprinkled crushed gravel on the glue spots.. It sticks out now that the rock is coloring up..
Great looking aquascape! Because of your video, I just ordered 25 lbs of Pukani to add to my 40 lbs of purple rock for the sweet looking cave look. I can't wait to get the aquascaping started!!! Nice ending, btw. Smoke and a beer. HA
So impressed friend. I'm a competitive planted aquarium designer, but recently been studying reef mostly to learn about the techniques the reef community use to arrange rock (some is transferrable, some not, but all insightful). It's a different game from planted, but I'm so impressed with your sense of rhythm and proportion. Most layouters (salt or fresh) make everything the same sickness right to left, but your sense of thick/powerful and thin/sensitive is great. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks Rigel, honestly when I first aquascaped it. The left side took about 20 min... Then I worked on the right side for days... I'd keep changing it, wait till next day to see if i really liked it or not. Probably the 4th day I was happy..Thanks for stopping by!!!
Awesome scape I have to agree also scaping outside the tank is the way to go. I really like your open design. Can't wait to see it with corals and fish. Great job.
I know that was alot of work and sweat, but well worth it in the end I bet. There's so much reef potential with that scape, and flow will be excellent.
I had a 50 gallon with 25 fish, over stocked. I then setup a new 240 gallon tank & just used exiting sump with cycled media in new setup & add all 25 fish same night without any losses. If you have cycled media you're golden, shows like Tanked aren't begginers. They known that if you have adequant cycled media you can have instant aquariums. Right?
Very well thought out design, nice! Curious, how much water flow per hour enters sump? How does one figure return pump size, every reactor ball valve connector in theory looses flow from return pump then back into tank right? Then you loose some flow if running it through a UV light yes? Plus pushing water up 3 or 4 feet from sump to tank there significant head pressure loss as well. So that 15000 liter per hour pump minus 60% head loss equals 6,000 liter, minus 3 reactors & UV light brings it to 5,000 liters per hour. Close?
Love the ‘scape. I’ve always done the eh just stack it in there and see what happens. Not any more. I’m going to do exactly hay you did. I’d much rather spend time making it “perfect” before livestock. Safer too. Thank you.
what ever happened with your lights and the shorter cord issue or did I miss it? Everything looks great and your showing what a little time and planning can do. Right now I'm adding some LPS corals to my tank so when I go back to work I can start planning my upgrade from a 55 gal tank to something around 150 or bigger. Keep up the great work.
Love your aquascape, the best I've seen ! I'm going to be setting up a 280g soon, as a room divider, I can only hope I can get somewhere near this look when aquascaping my tank. I was thinking of ordering the same rock from BRS. My question is , what did you do after receiving your dry rock as in curing , getting it ready to put into your tank? Thanks
Gee... that aquascape is simply stunning!!! I feel so frustrated because I'm cut off of skills for working with rocks. I don't even know where to start, I'm lost at it. I just put a bunch of safe dry rocks in my 13.5 gallon reef aquarium. Now I'm expecting my new tank, a Cobalt C 40gallon and I don't know how I'm gonna solve the problem of the rock work. I went to "Manhattan Aquariums Shop" and I requested the owner to aquascape for me and I'll just pay it. She reply: I'm sorry, we don't do that, we just sell the rocks :-( ………(sigh)
Fun thing about doing Aquascaping is going to LFS and finding interesting rocks and then finding a way so they look better together, being inspired is first. Experimenting is second.
I know this is an older video....but....this is gorgeous....how did you get that to hold? Did you have to use clamps while the glue was drying? Is it glued?
Hi Mofros Reef, I'm new into the hobby. I bought a 38 gallon peninsula tank. I have all the accessories required for starting except 2 things, the sand and the adhesive for the aquascaping. I see that companies sell some sort of cement for the rocks like: E-Marco-400, AquascapeFix, StoneFix and PaleoBond Jurassic. What do you think about them?? How much PaleoBond Jurasic did you use in your aquascape?? Thank you.
This may sound like a stupid question, but how do you get the rock back in the tank in the same form? Do you just bond the bigger pieces and then put the connecting pieces after? i’m in complete awe! mesmerizing.
Wayne Desilets yeah, unfortunately i’ve never been able to get my aquascape be the same thing twice. i’m scared to death to move it. lol. but you’re right, that make sense. thank you for the reply
Beautiful job, very very nice!! the rock was dry or previous cycled? if cycled how long can take outside water before start to lose good stuff? regards
Nice video man! Congrats on adding the water! Your scape is awesome too! I used the oolite on my first tank and like you said, it sucked. This time I chose Fiji pink which in liking so far! What's your plan for adding fish? Gonna wait it out? I couldn't really hear the end of the vid. Trying to be sneaky about it at work lol
I'm going to add BIO-Spira, sit on it for a couple weeks, Add some Phyto, some Rotifers and some Pods,,, wait until levels are on point then add my first 4 fish..
@mofros reef I like the look of the tank wanted to order the same rock question for you though when you ordered it is that under the regular size $3.79/pound or did you request the jumbo at $3.99/ pound I like the size of the rocks and want to order the same sizes thanks for the video will be checking out more of your videos
Mofros Reef thank you I wanted to order the over 20" but it has been out of stock for months now I guess I will have to wait some more. Please keep your videos coming definitely like the way the tank is going
No its not painted.. I had a leftover piece of 1/8" vinly flooring I put upside down. Just to help soak up any pressure points between the tank and wood..
Hi. GREAT vid! today I received my 72x30x25h Starfire box. Looks to be similar to yours. After I write this note to you today I will start watching from Episode 1. However, I am anxious to order rock because most places are out, but I found one place left. I am looking at the Caribsea Liferock, which I THINK was what you used in this drop-dead build. If so, can you tell my what sizes you bought and how much of each? I am totally confused on what to buy, and I have only found one place online that still has all the shapes. I want to order b4 they run out too. Many thanks.
My rock was called pukani, from BRS. They don’t see it anymore. It was dry live rock. I ordered 125lbs. And asked for 4 big pieces. Bigger the better. You can always break them into smaller pieces
I have the same size tank sitting in my garage as you, Pukani is great rock kinda like balsa wood is to wood, super light you will know it when you pick it up. Try Premium Aquatics so can tell them what you are looking for and they will see if they can get for you, probably a bad time now due to the holidays. I scower the aquarium websites looking for rock, I probably have double what I need, but I am still looking for more.
I can't help but to comment on this man... Fantastic work. I agree 100% with scaping outside the tank first. All the money in the world spend on a tank is pointless if the scape is crap!
Honestly it didn't take that long either.. Only down side is you need to buy a lot. I probably have 25 lbs of rubble in a bag.. But man CJ, when I turned my camera on to film the first time I had it in the tank.. I even said to my self WOW... lol
Agreed; with a reef or planted tank - the aquascape makes or breaks the aquarium. It defines it - makes it look balanced, pleasant and natural.
Thanks Wylie, only thing I would have done differently is sprinkled crushed gravel on the glue spots.. It sticks out now that the rock is coloring up..
Love the Aquascape, definetly my favorite one I've seen. Well done, well done!!!!
Thanks JJMR.
I have never seen such a beautiful aquascape before... Great job man!
Thank you much VascoFL!!!
Seriously the best aqua scape I've ever seen, kinda jealous. Great job on the video, exactly what I like watching to learn in this hobby.
Thanks bill!!
Sweet looking aquascape!... so glad see that you went with a sand bed.
Thanks Jassimps..Appreciate it!!
Great looking aquascape! Because of your video, I just ordered 25 lbs of Pukani to add to my 40 lbs of purple rock for the sweet looking cave look. I can't wait to get the aquascaping started!!! Nice ending, btw. Smoke and a beer. HA
Thanks Joshua. Haha. It was well deserved!!
Oh my
one of the best rock aquascape I saw. jealous
Thank you!!!
Fantastic rock work, that's going to be amazing!
Thanks Mnelson ;-)
So impressed friend. I'm a competitive planted aquarium designer, but recently been studying reef mostly to learn about the techniques the reef community use to arrange rock (some is transferrable, some not, but all insightful). It's a different game from planted, but I'm so impressed with your sense of rhythm and proportion. Most layouters (salt or fresh) make everything the same sickness right to left, but your sense of thick/powerful and thin/sensitive is great. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you so much Steven. Very kind of you.
Sweet design. It's gonna look great once your corals make themselves at home.
Thanks Dave, yea i hope its gonna look awesome... Its going to break the bank filling this thing tho... ;-)
From your lips to God's ears! Nothing good happens fast in reefing.
Man that would have only took me like, 3 days and probably never looked that kool. Great Job !
Thanks Rigel, honestly when I first aquascaped it. The left side took about 20 min... Then I worked on the right side for days... I'd keep changing it, wait till next day to see if i really liked it or not. Probably the 4th day I was happy..Thanks for stopping by!!!
Wow! Very impressive aquascape! Great job!
Beautiful job man! I really love your design and dedication to make it that nice!
thanks Marcos
Amazing scape!!! Can't wait ro see the coral and fish!
Thanks Jim. Appreciate it!!
Awesome scape I have to agree also scaping outside the tank is the way to go. I really like your open design. Can't wait to see it with corals and fish. Great job.
Thanks Scott..
woooooooooooooh man love the way you put the pieces together
Thanks Dj.. It was fun!!
Beautiful! Love it. This is what I'm trying to do. Thanks for the inspiration.
You can do it!
Wonderful scape , motivated me to do mine over. I wasn't happy with my scape and this video is just what I needed to see!
Thanks Jbeanz, keep me posted, I'd like to see it when its done..
That tank is going to be so sweet! Nice work
Thank you!!
Awesome scape mate that has inspired me for mine . Happy reefing
Awesome! Thank you!
That looks amazing! This is going to be an awesome tank.
Thanks Micah...
Great looking scape!
Like to see when it's all cycled and tank stocked up with fish and corals!
Thanks Jerry
Great job on the rock work, I honestly don't know how you do it. Keep up the great vids👍🏻
Very nice video and tank. You got perfect rock!!
Thanks!!
PERFECT!!
Not too many scapes look good with just the rock LOL That tank is going to be Infamous in about 3 years!
Very Inspirational.
I'm subbed
Looks awesome. I love it chief. Great job.
Glad you like it
one of the best scapes I've seen. I've always loved bridges :)
Thanks Moarteas!!!
amazing scape mate one of the best I have seen and I watch a lot of aquarium videos lol
Thanks phil
Congratulations very nice aquascape 👍🏼🐟🐠
Thank you! 👍
best scape iv seen... good job man.
Thanks Ricky. Have a good one!!
Awesome!!! Love the tank!!! Keep the vidz comin bud good job!!!
Hey thanks John!! Will do...
The rockscape is sick!
Thanks a lot Wesley!
Excellent aqua scape chief. I can’t wait to start on mine
Good luck!
looks great man! love the rockwork.
Thank you!!
That actually looks awesome. Nice one. Once it’s all coraled up it will be amazing.
Great video and the scape is awesome! Subbed.
Thanks Wil, Appreciate it!!
Great work mofro! Loving your content!
Thanks. Appreciate it!!
One of the better ideas I've seen so far. Any current pics of how it looks now?
Sold it!!! ;-{ Getting ready to do a budget 50g build
that rock work looks real good!
Thanks Fish Mad!!
reef guy 92 hahahaha please don't think that I'm stalking you 😂😂
looking good nice tank
Thank you
When I hit the lottery and buy my next tank. I will definitely be hiring you to rock scape my tank . Lol
Wicked video mate,you got yourself a new sub
Thanks Starkiller,,,, Apreciate it!!
Wow it looks awesome!
Thanks , i love your aquascape !
👍
Well laid out..
Looks amazing dude
Thanks Matt!!
This is absolutely the best aquascaping I have seen on UA-cam. Great job man. I am jealous. Lol
Thanks Mike...
Nice work!! Tank looks awesome man
Appreciate it Rookie!! Thanks!!
My fucking God. That looms fucking beautiful man. I can already imagine how better it looks now with full grown coral. And wonderful monti.
Hey thanks eegernades!!! I’ve had quite a few ups and downs sense then. Going to make a new video soon. Thanks for stopping by.
This is great work.
Thanks
I know that was alot of work and sweat, but well worth it in the end I bet. There's so much reef potential with that scape, and flow will be excellent.
Thanks Dara!!
I had a 50 gallon with 25 fish, over stocked. I then setup a new 240 gallon tank & just used exiting sump with cycled media in new setup & add all 25 fish same night without any losses. If you have cycled media you're golden, shows like Tanked aren't begginers. They known that if you have adequant cycled media you can have instant aquariums. Right?
Nice Job, Well Done.
nice aquascape
Thanks S.L.!!
Very well thought out design, nice!
Curious, how much water flow per hour enters sump?
How does one figure return pump size, every reactor ball valve connector in theory looses flow from return pump then back into tank right?
Then you loose some flow if running it through a UV light yes?
Plus pushing water up 3 or 4 feet from sump to tank there significant head pressure loss as well.
So that 15000 liter per hour pump minus 60% head loss equals 6,000 liter, minus 3 reactors & UV light brings it to 5,000 liters per hour. Close?
That is an awesome reefscape
Love the ‘scape. I’ve always done the eh just stack it in there and see what happens. Not any more. I’m going to do exactly hay you did.
I’d much rather spend time making it “perfect” before livestock. Safer too.
Thank you.
Beautiful scape. Love how you planned it out man...i subbed...
Cool man thanks... I need to get my lazy ass around to making another vid.. Hopefully soon...
i absolutely love it!
Thanks George!! Appreciate it.
Very cool scape!!!
Thanks Eric!!
Stayed for the awesome scape and liked and subscribed cuz of the stella and cig at the end!!
Thanks man. Might try to make an update video this weekend.
@@WayneDesilets sweet! Cant wait to see the tank!
@Austin HERNANDEZ Exact same here..
Sweet scape...and he seems very relatable.
Nice way to do this, to be able to see what you want.
Thanks finpafine.
Nice scape! Well done!
what kind of power heads are you using? Im looking for affordable power heads with the cord on the outside of the tank.
Your video was the best therapy for my stress.
Do you have an update of this aquarium with corals?
Great job ! Well done
what ever happened with your lights and the shorter cord issue or did I miss it? Everything looks great and your showing what a little time and planning can do. Right now I'm adding some LPS corals to my tank so when I go back to work I can start planning my upgrade from a 55 gal tank to something around 150 or bigger. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for stopping by Victor. Aqua Illumination sent me extension cords for the lights.. Think I talked about it in episode 14 - Equipment..
Love your aquascape, the best I've seen ! I'm going to be setting up a 280g soon, as a room divider, I can only hope I can get somewhere near this look when aquascaping my tank. I was thinking of ordering the same rock from BRS. My question is , what did you do after receiving your dry rock as in curing , getting it ready to put into your tank? Thanks
Check out episode 1 & 2
Really nice man
Thanks Fred...
I agree. Deaths on shows like tanked must be through the roof
Amazing aquaescape man... i hope i can make something similar. What kind material did you use to put together?
Awesome aquascape I did mine but it’s only a 75 gallon if I ever upgrade in the future I’ll use your ideas as inspiration
Awesome thanks LazyBrosVidz!!!
Gee... that aquascape is simply stunning!!! I feel so frustrated because I'm cut off of skills for working with rocks. I don't even know where to start, I'm lost at it. I just put a bunch of safe dry rocks in my 13.5 gallon reef aquarium. Now I'm expecting my new tank, a Cobalt C 40gallon and I don't know how I'm gonna solve the problem of the rock work. I went to "Manhattan Aquariums Shop" and I requested the owner to aquascape for me and I'll just pay it. She reply: I'm sorry, we don't do that, we just sell the rocks :-( ………(sigh)
Thanks. Just to let you know it took me 5 days of working on it moving stuff around. Just take your time. There’s no rush 😊
@@WayneDesilets It must be lots of fun being your assistant :-)
Fun thing about doing Aquascaping is going to LFS and finding interesting rocks and then finding a way so they look better together, being inspired is first. Experimenting is second.
Love it 😍
Thank you! 😊
I know this is an older video....but....this is gorgeous....how did you get that to hold? Did you have to use clamps while the glue was drying? Is it glued?
Nope not at all. The rocks basically lock in together. Thanks for stopping by. Happy New Years
Very nice
Thanks
I'm about to scape my brand new Waterbox 130. Wanna burn one and help me. Lovin your work bro..
Good luck!
Awesome Scape
Thanks Dart
Hi Mofros Reef, I'm new into the hobby. I bought a 38 gallon peninsula tank. I have all the accessories required for starting except 2 things, the sand and the adhesive for the aquascaping. I see that companies sell some sort of cement for the rocks like: E-Marco-400, AquascapeFix, StoneFix and PaleoBond Jurassic. What do you think about them?? How much PaleoBond Jurasic did you use in your aquascape?? Thank you.
sick broth
This may sound like a stupid question, but how do you get the rock back in the tank in the same form? Do you just bond the bigger pieces and then put the connecting pieces after? i’m in complete awe! mesmerizing.
Just 1 piece at a time. When you work on it as much as I did, you just know where they go.
Wayne Desilets yeah, unfortunately i’ve never been able to get my aquascape be the same thing twice. i’m scared to death to move it. lol. but you’re right, that make sense. thank you for the reply
Beautiful job, very very nice!! the rock was dry or previous cycled? if cycled how long can take outside water before start to lose good stuff? regards
It's Pukani from BRS its considered Dry Live rock.
Can you show us a update video on how it looks with all the fish and coral in it now
Sold it..Just running the Nano 20g now..
good job =)
Thanks!!!
F’n beautiful,now I want to go flip my tank over now thanks buddy
Any time!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Great acuascamping!!!Like and suscribe!!!
Thanks!!!
wow best aquascape I've seen! did you say you hollowed out the big pieces? if so how? thx
Used a hammer and a screwdriver. 😏
Lol. I thought it'd be more confusing. Great job!
sweet!
Nice video man! Congrats on adding the water! Your scape is awesome too! I used the oolite on my first tank and like you said, it sucked. This time I chose Fiji pink which in liking so far! What's your plan for adding fish? Gonna wait it out? I couldn't really hear the end of the vid. Trying to be sneaky about it at work lol
I'm going to add BIO-Spira, sit on it for a couple weeks, Add some Phyto, some Rotifers and some Pods,,, wait until levels are on point then add my first 4 fish..
That's just about what I'm doing! Good plan!
Nice job.
Hope you don't mind if i steal some of your aquascaping ideas for my build. :)
Not at all man have at it!!!
awesome!!!
Thanks Miyoshi!!!
wish you made a vid emptying the tank of the water test with the bit of vinegar =/
Awesome tank! I have a few questions. What are the dimensions and how many bags of sand did you use? Thanks
Hey Cole thanks for stopping by. Tank is 6ft x30 x 22 tall. I used 7 20lbs bags.
A smoke and a beer!
Hell yea!!!😎
@mofros reef I like the look of the tank wanted to order the same rock question for you though when you ordered it is that under the regular size $3.79/pound or did you request the jumbo at $3.99/ pound I like the size of the rocks and want to order the same sizes thanks for the video will be checking out more of your videos
Hey Evilstar, think I ordered 60lbs over 20" and 60lbs under 20"
Mofros Reef thank you I wanted to order the over 20" but it has been out of stock for months now I guess I will have to wait some more. Please keep your videos coming definitely like the way the tank is going
EVILSTAR Call BRS and ask them... Think it was out of stock when i orderd mine... Just asked them to give me the biggest pieces they could..
Mofros Reef ok I'll talk to them see what happens
The bottom looks solid white before you put the sand in. Is the bottom glass painted?
No its not painted.. I had a leftover piece of 1/8" vinly flooring I put upside down. Just to help soak up any pressure points between the tank and wood..
Great job where did you get your rocks
Amazing, BUT isnt that dangerous for the glas ? You didnt cut flat the bottom of the stones ..glas breaks
No glass is thick. Just don’t drop it. Rock is real light and pours. It’s not heavy like base rock.
Hi. GREAT vid! today I received my 72x30x25h Starfire box. Looks to be similar to yours. After I write this note to you today I will start watching from Episode 1. However, I am anxious to order rock because most places are out, but I found one place left. I am looking at the Caribsea Liferock, which I THINK was what you used in this drop-dead build. If so, can you tell my what sizes you bought and how much of each? I am totally confused on what to buy, and I have only found one place online that still has all the shapes. I want to order b4 they run out too. Many thanks.
My rock was called pukani, from BRS. They don’t see it anymore. It was dry live rock. I ordered 125lbs. And asked for 4 big pieces. Bigger the better. You can always break them into smaller pieces
I have the same size tank sitting in my garage as you, Pukani is great rock kinda like balsa wood is to wood, super light you will know it when you pick it up. Try Premium Aquatics so can tell them what you are looking for and they will see if they can get for you, probably a bad time now due to the holidays. I scower the aquarium websites looking for rock, I probably have double what I need, but I am still looking for more.